The ISE® Southeast Executive Forum and Awards 2013 will be held on March 14, 2013 at the Westin Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, GA. The ISE® Southeast Award recognizes the information security executives and their teams who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy, and network security.

The ISE® Southeast Awards are held in conjunction with a one day Executive Forum which includes keynote speakers, interactive roundtables moderated by the CISOs and VPs of participating companies, and hot topic panel discussions. The one day program offers the opportunity to meet with peers and leading IT executives from across the region to discuss and share insights into today's issues and solutions.

ISE® southeast Executive of the year Award Winner 2013

Kevin McKenzie Chief Information Security Officer Clemson University Clemson, SC Biography >

ISE® Southeast Project Award Winners 2013

Project Name:	Security Infrastructure Consolidation
Executive Sponsor:	Michael Rodriguez, Director of IT, FedEx Services
Project Team:	Bill Mertel, Javelin Momon, Ross Reed, Adam Forch, Jason Mock, Whit Janes, Mark Ketcham, Tammy Smith and Kevin Gautreaux
Location:	Collierville, TN
Description:	By consolidating security infrastructure solutions with a single strategic partner, the Information Security Protection and Assurance (ISPA) organization achieved a means of managing FedEx’s enterprise-class security while limiting strain on the existing IT resources and budget. In the face of vendor solution fragmentation, increasing maintenance costs and rising annual spend to combat emerging security threats and compliance requirements, implementation of the McAfee network security and data protection technology consolidated much of the security infrastructure, provided year-over-year cost savings on maintenance and expense and allowed for expansion of key components necessary to secure the fast-paced FedEx environment.
Project Name:	Threat Management Center
Executive Sponsor:	Jody Lee, Sr. Director of Information Security, TSYS, Inc.
Location:	Columbus, GA
Description:	The TSYS Threat Management Center represents a significant advance in terms of maturity andsophistication over the company’s previous security operations center. By consolidating 20+ different technologies into a single “main channel” using the HP ArcSight SIEM solution, TSYS now has the ability to immediately identify and address events of interest, thereby protecting both critical customer data and the company’s brand and reputation.

ISE® southeast people's choice award winner 2013

Ashley Ferguson Manager, IT Risk Management Energen Corporation Birmingham, AL Biography >

ISE® southeast Executive Award Finalist 2013

Stacy Mill Director, Global IT Security YUM! Brands, Inc. Louisville, KY Biography >

ISE® Southeast Project Award Finalist 2013

Project Name:	Network Segmentation and InfoSec Vault project
Executive Sponsor:	Mark Gelhardt, CISO, TravelClick
Project Team:	Adam Hall, David Marshal, Scott Adams, Noel Agilar, Derek Felska, Eric Tian, Paolo Adajar and Talal Ahmed
Location:	Atlanta, GA
Description:	TravelClick Completely reconfigured its network topology to incorporate a new Information Security Vault area. This project looked at the configuration of the TravelClick network and how to change that network to be ready for the future global risks and specifically how to protect the valuable data that TravelClick maintained (i.e., Intellectual Property, Credit Card, etc.). A separate network segment was set up (Information Security Vault) with increase security within the vault by encrypting and tokenizing specific data to make that data even more secure. All of this was done without any disruption to our clients and our business.